Vélez Sarsfield decided to separate the four players reported for sexual abuse from the squad, after the match of the eighth round of the Professional Football League Cup (LPF) against Atlético Tucumán.
A 24-year-old sports journalist said that she was invited to the hotel where the delegation was staying and that she was abused in the room "without any consent."
The four Vélez footballers involved in the case are Sebastián Sosa, Braian Cufré, Abiel Osorio and José Ignacio Florentín.
Of the four indicated by the complainant, Sebastián Sosa is the most senior.
The goalkeeper with a past in Boca, Independiente and member of the Uruguayan National Team that participated in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar would have been the one who contacted the victim through Instagram and invited her to come to the hotel.
Sosa, 37 years old and with extensive experience in the soccer environment, also playing for teams such as Peñarol, Rosario Central and Pachuca, among others, returned to Vélez in the month of February, almost ten years after his first cycle at the club. signing a two-year contract until December 2025.
Defender Braian Cufré is another who returned to Vélez this year, although he is a younger boy: he is 27 years old.
Born in Mar del Plata and with a good appearance at Fortín as a left back, he was transferred to Mallorca in Spain in mid-2020 but could not establish himself in the island club, loaned to Málaga and New York City of the MLS until be free in December to seal his return to Liniers.
The official statement from Vélez
Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield has become aware of the complaint of sexual abuse made in the PROSECUTOR UNIT FOR CRIMES AGAINST SEXUAL INTEGRITY I of the Province of Tucumán on March 6 of this year, in which four players from our team are involved. professional.
Given the seriousness of the complaint, the Board of Directors of Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield immediately made itself available to the Justice of Tucumán to provide all the information and relevant elements to be able to contribute to the investigation and clarification of the case and determine the corresponding responsibilities.
Likewise, within the framework of the Institution's protocol for action in cases of gender-based violence, it is reported that it has been decided to preventively separate the players mentioned in the complaint from the professional squad, Sebastián Sosa, Braian Cufré, Abiel Osorio and José Ignacio Florentín.
From the Institution we remain at the complete disposal of Justice and the complainant.